Trust me. You’d prefer the spirit 
This is nonsense. :eek:
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Be careful what you wish for… what’s left after that “natural selection” process that you so eagerly seem to embrace, may not be all that pleasant or entertaining a place to be apart of.
In fact, it could really suck.
I hope it doesn’t, because I’d stay and freely pay to be a part of it.
But if it turned into a group of homogenous ‘think like we do’ hug-a-thoners, then I doubt I’d stay.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens, because I’d like to stay.
Why, thank you so very much.
Without commenting TOO much on the poll…one thing a subscription would do is weed out the trolls. How many trolls would pay even the lowest amount mentioned for the privilege of posting 3 or 4 messages, which would likely be wiped out before the troll was spotted and banned? Hmmmmm? Particularly since those threads/posts would likely be deleted in a few hours?
Yep, we’d lose some people, and I’d really miss quite a few of them. We’d also lose about 99.99% of our troublemakers.
Lynn, could you give us any idea whatsoever of how much money you’d be talking about? I think that might calm down some hysteria.
$20- $50
There is a whole announcement explaining it at the top of the forums page.
Screw it, this is part of the evolution if the internet. One business model has failed, it’s time to pick up the pieces and try to make a profit.
Charge away.
I just hope you find a way to allow some people to post a subsidized amount. (not me btw…)
(damn, I sound like a liberal)
Where in blue blazes does it say 20-50?
Click there for more info.
Lynn, I agree with your point, and I posted on that earlier in the thread I started. And shoot - if someone wanted to register a sock each day, at $50 a pop, only to have them be banned the next…that could fund everything. Tres cool.
One thing though that came to mind - the SDMB would have to have some sort of new subscription agreement that was ironclad. I can imagine a sock-maker filing a nuisance lawsuit somewhere, sometime, after a couple of bannings, and that would do the entire Board in, right? Their gripe would have more weight if the Board was no longer free…
I did. I did the little survey thing, and I’m still not seeing a damn thing about how much money it would cost.
In the first sentence, andy. Right at the top of the page.
I give up.
It’s not that I’m not taking your word for it. But damned if I can find the thing, and I am looking exactly where you are pointing me.
From the link in Anthracite’s post:
“We’re thinking about charging for the SDMB - probably in the range of $20-$50 per year.”
From the page: (everything included, in case your computer is not showing you everything)
<grits teeth>
The link in Una’s post takes me to the pre registration form.
Fuck it. I believe what you’re saying, it doesn’t matter.
Thank you, Una.
No problem, I figured that your browser was just acting up. That post I made was all it said, so you aren’t missing out on anything else.
Me too andygirl. I’ve been bewildered all morning by how much info other posters had.
Thanks Anthracite - things are clearer now.
30 some posts since July … I can live without this place.